Slender digging grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis)

Acrotylus patruelis
Other common names
Slender burrowing grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Acrotylini
Genus:	Acrotylus
Scientific name
Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
Geography
Native countries:
Germany Italy Spain Cyprus

The Slender digging grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAcrotylus patruelis

Habitat

Geophilous

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Crepitation

Flight

Strong flier

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Tiago Carrapiço — 24 specimens collected
• Fabian A. Boetzl — 12 specimens collected
• Sebastian Ćato — 12 specimens collected

• Josip Skejo — 8 specimens collected
• Andre Hospers — 6 specimens collected
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 5 specimens collected
• Villu Soon — 3 specimens collected
• Pedro Beja — 2 specimens collected
• Duarte Frade — 2 specimens collected
• Luis Moreira da Costa — 1 specimen collected
• Andrew Gordon Parker — 1 specimen collected
• Claude Kolwelter — 1 specimen collected
• HADDAD Karim — 1 specimen collected
• Pieter Huybrechts — 1 specimen collected
• Jakob Fahr — 1 specimen collected
• Valentin Moser — 1 specimen collected
• Ruslan Salimgareev — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Josip Skejo — 22 specimens identified
• Sebastian Ćato — 18 specimens identified
• Andre Hospers — 4 specimens identified

• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 4 specimens identified
• Rob Felix — 1 specimen identified
• Tiago Carrapiço — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIUCNNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto